Professor - David D. Flanagan Chair and Georgia Research Alliance; GRA) EminentScholar in Biological Systems

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Atlanta, Georgia

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Full-Time

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Regular

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The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University has a student body of 1,200 undergraduates, 425 graduate students, and 80 primary and 73 program faculty. In 2025 US News Graduate Program Rankings placed the department as the #2 ranked department in BME in the United States and our Undergraduate Program as the #2 department in the United States.

Since its beginning, the unique partnership between two of the nation's leading public and private entities has been an innovation engine for research and education. Combining the engineering and medical strengths at Georgia Tech and Emory, we are focused on solving some of the toughest problems facing our state, the nation, and the world.

The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track and endowed chair faculty position in computational and experimental systems biology, broadly defined. Applicants will be considered at the rank of full professor with tenure. The successful candidate will be named the David

D. Flanagan Chair and Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar in Biological Systems, an endowed position specific to the Georgia Tech campus. GRA Eminent Scholars are expected to engage in or contribute to translational and/or economic development efforts in their field.

The department seeks a visionary scholar-educator and proven leader in high impact and emerging areas of importance to human health and biomedicine. A non-exhaustive list of related topics in the department's current research portfolio include strengths in regenerative medicine and cell-based therapeutics, biomaterials, immunoengineering, cancer technologies, and health informatics. Along with excellent scholarship, candidates are expected to have demonstrated strong leadership in building and leading extramurally funded research programs, noteworthy dedication to innovative teaching and…